Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan entered the blood river and was carried to a sealed Crimson Hall containing a Blood Pool bound by four chains. After a roar came from beneath the pool, a mysterious voice called him a needed “variable,” and the pool swallowed him.

• Qin Yan was enveloped in a crimson membrane and guided through the blood river as the Prodigies at the plaza watched in shock.
• Qin Yan arrived in the Crimson Hall and found its perimeter sealed by a powerful crimson barrier.
• Qin Yan examined the enormous Blood Pool, its runes, and the four chained pillars.
• A creature roared beneath the pool, and an unseen voice said Qin Yan had come at the right time as a “variable.”
• The Blood Pool formed a vortex that pulled Qin Yan into its depths.

Qin Yan reached the world beneath the Blood Pool and witnessed a devastating battle between a blood-robed woman and a black-mist creature. The Blood God Divine Hall Master revealed himself as Blood Absolute and confirmed that Qin Yan had come seeking his inheritance.

• Qin Yan arrived in a vast blood-red world surrounded by rivers of condensed Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan witnessed a blood-robed woman and a black-mist creature unleash attacks powerful enough to tear through space and swallow a Blood River of Heaven.
• A voice urged Qin Yan to stop staring, and Qin Yan demanded to know who had brought him there and why.
• The voice asked whether Qin Yan had come to the Blood God Divine Hall to seek an opportunity and inheritance.
• Blood Qi gathered into a towering figure, who identified himself as Blood Absolute, the Blood God Divine Hall Master.

Qin Yan learned that the Dark Demon Emperor’s avatar threatened to break the seal beneath Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain, potentially killing everyone inside, and Blood Absolute asked him to help the Blood-Robed Woman stop it. Suspicious of how conveniently he had been drawn into the crisis, Qin Yan heard Blood Absolute begin explaining the forbidden land’s origins and the recent accident.

• Qin Yan cautiously introduced himself to Blood Absolute and asked why he had been brought there.
• Blood Absolute revealed that the enemy battling the Blood-Robed Woman was an avatar of the Dark Demon Emperor and ordered Qin Yan to help defeat it.
• Qin Yan refused, warning that the battle’s aftershocks would kill him because he was too weak to approach.
• Blood Absolute explained that if the avatar escaped and the seal broke, the Dark Demon Emperor could destroy the ruins and devour all the entrants, and the woman could hold on for at most one more day.
• Qin Yan suspected Blood Absolute was deceiving him because the crisis and his involvement seemed too coincidental.
• Blood Absolute acknowledged Qin Yan’s doubts, admitted the calamity was partly his fault, and began recounting the forbidden land’s origins and the accident that had occurred.

Blood Absolute explained how the Dark Demon Emperor had created a clone and revealed that a Blood-Robed Woman was fighting it. He passed his Blood Dao inheritance to Qin Yan, who demonstrated his new control by tearing open a vast hole in space.

• Blood Absolute told Qin Yan that the Dark Demon Emperor had exploited the loosened seal to create a clone, which was battling a Prodigy in the sky.
• Qin Yan learned that the Blood-Robed Woman had entered the Hidden Dragon Assembly two days earlier and questioned how he could help against such a powerful enemy.
• Blood Absolute sent a profound Blood Dao rune mark into Qin Yan, filling him with knowledge and control over the blood qi around him.
• Qin Yan summoned a massive blood river and sent it surging into the void.
• Qin Yan's blood river shattered the spatial structure and opened a huge hole into the dark void.

Qin Yan learned that Blood Absolute had bestowed one percent of Blood Dao Essence upon him through a stable framework made compatible by the Blood Demon Nest in his body. As Liuli weakened against the Dark Demon Emperor's clone, Blood Absolute sent Qin Yan to help her before the clone broke free and threatened the world.

• Qin Yan discovered that his strike had collapsed space and asked Blood Absolute what the crimson rune was.
• Blood Absolute explained that the rune contained one percent of Blood Dao Essence and that his mastery let him build a framework for Qin Yan to wield it safely.
• Blood Absolute said Qin Yan's Blood Demon Nest enabled compatibility with the Essence, which would otherwise destroy an ordinary Third-Rank Martial Artist.
• Qin Yan realized that Liuli was likely using Blood Absolute's bestowal to fight the Dark Demon Emperor's clone, but she was being driven back.
• Blood Absolute warned that Liuli could not hold out much longer and ordered Qin Yan to join her before the clone escaped and brought calamity upon the world.

Qin Yan rushed to the battlefield to aid Su Liuli, only to recognize her as the woman he had known despite her transformed appearance. The chapter left them facing each other at the edge of the ongoing battle against the Dark Demon Emperor’s avatar.

• Qin Yan used his dark red Dao Essence Rune to summon a Blood River Path and raced toward the Core Zone.
• The Dark Demon Emperor’s avatar shattered Su Liuli’s blood-red barrier, forcing her back and leaving her exhausted.
• Su Liuli sensed another Blood River approaching and saw Qin Yan arrive atop it.
• Qin Yan saw Su Liuli clearly and recognized her despite her changed hair, eyes, clothing, and aura.

Qin Yan and Su Liuli joined forces against the Dark Demon Emperor's clone, unleashing powerful blood-based attacks. The clone split its power between a Black Giant Palm and a Dark Mist Sphere, and Qin Yan charged upward with his transformed Blood Fiend Spear while Su Liuli confronted the sphere.

• Qin Yan put aside his shock at Su Liuli's changed identity and stood beside her to fight the Dark Demon Emperor's clone.
• Qin Yan summoned ten thousand Blood-Colored Giant Spears as Su Liuli called forth nine Blood-colored Flood Dragons, and they attacked the clone from opposite sides.
• The Dark Demon Emperor's clone split apart and formed a Black Giant Palm and a Dark Mist Sphere to counter their attacks.
• Su Liuli rode the nine dragons toward the Dark Mist Sphere while Qin Yan faced the Black Giant Palm alone.
• Qin Yan infused the Ink Trace Spear with blood qi, transforming it into the Blood Fiend Spear, and charged upward at the descending palm.

Qin Yan destroyed the Black Giant Palm with the Blood Dao Essence and glimpsed a rune bearing the aura of Palm Dao Essence. He rushed to aid Su Liuli, but she was wounded by the Dark Mass and flew toward him.

• Qin Yan used the Blood Dao Essence and a storm of spear strikes to suppress the rigid Black Giant Palm while Su Liuli struggled against the Dark Mass.
• Qin Yan unleashed Ten Thousand Spears Return to the Current and shattered the Black Giant Palm.
• A tiny dark-gold palm rune appeared in the wreckage, and Qin Yan recognized the aura of Palm Dao Essence before it vanished.
• Qin Yan hurried to Su Liuli's battlefield as the Dark Mass pierced her defenses and wounded her shoulder blade.
• Qin Yan reached out with his left hand and summoned countless Blood Qi Threads as Su Liuli flew toward him.

Qin Yan and Su Liuli joined forces against the Ancient Demon Emperor’s Dark Mass, shattering its defensive bell and forcing it to change forms. Their battle continued through the day as the Dark Mass unleashed a succession of attacks and tried to corrupt the Blood Rivers.

• Su Liuli stopped beside Qin Yan, suppressed her surging Blood Qi, and proposed that they attack together.
• Qin Yan struck the Dark Mass’s Dark Giant Bell, while Su Liuli used a Blood-colored Whip to crack its weakest point.
• Qin Yan repeatedly thrust at the bell’s weak spots as Su Liuli widened the cracks, and their combined assault shattered it.
• Their attacks damaged the Dark Mass, but it survived and transformed into a massive Dark Tentacle that attacked their Blood Rivers.
• Qin Yan and Su Liuli countered with Blood Spear Lights and Blood-colored Flood Dragons as the battle continued, with the Dark Mass shifting through multiple forms and tactics.

Qin Yan and Su Liuli joined their Blood Rivers to destroy the Dark Mass, ending the battle. Blood Absolute then warned that the Blood Dao Essence in their bodies was harming them and began reclaiming it.

• Qin Yan and Su Liuli used their fused Blood River to overwhelm and erase the weakened Dark Mass, which vowed to return before vanishing.
• Blood Absolute called Qin Yan and Su Liuli back and praised Qin Yan for helping resolve the crisis.
• Qin Yan was surprised when Su Liuli addressed Blood Absolute as her master.
• Blood Absolute explained that the 1% Blood Dao Essence was causing dangerous strain and began drawing its imprints out of Qin Yan and Su Liuli.

After Qin Yan and Su Liuli collapsed from losing the borrowed Dao Essence power, Blood Absolute inspected the seal holding the Dark Demon Emperor. He warned the imprisoned ancient demon that the world had changed, leaving the Dark Demon Emperor silent and reflecting on the Demon Race’s defeat.

• Qin Yan and Su Liuli lost their Dao Essence runes, exhausted their strength, and collapsed unconscious.
• Blood Absolute crossed the blood-colored realm and examined the seal at the bottom of the Blood Pool.
• Blood Absolute confronted the Dark Demon Emperor, who warned that he would break free in a thousand years.
• Blood Absolute described how the Demon Dao had fallen and argued that the Dark Demon Emperor would face the united experts of the current era.
• The Dark Demon Emperor fell silent and lamented that the Demon Emperor and Great Demon Emperor had once gone to war with each other.
• Blood Absolute recalled that the ancient war ended with one Demon Emperor dead, one suppressed, and one gravely wounded and escaped.

After inspecting the Four-Color Seal and finding its core stable, Blood Absolute left Qin Yan and Su Liuli to recover from their battle with the Dark Demon Emperor's avatar. They woke and regained much of their strength, then learned from Blood Absolute that they had been unconscious for ten days.

• Blood Absolute checked the Four-Color Seal, confirmed it had suffered no irreversible damage, and vanished from the sealed core area.
• Qin Yan woke on the blood-red earth beside the unconscious Su Liuli, who opened her eyes and teased him by asking if she looked good.
• Qin Yan swallowed a Healing Pill and recovered in silence while Su Liuli tended to her own injuries.
• After half a day, Qin Yan and Su Liuli sat up with much of their strength restored and a subtle bond between them after their shared battle.
• Blood Absolute praised their Blood Dao talent and revealed they had been unconscious for ten days, surprising Qin Yan.

After Qin Yan helped Blood Absolute destroy the Dark Demon Emperor's avatar, he maneuvered for a reward and received one thousandth of the Blood Dao Essence. Blood Absolute then offered him a Spirit Weapon, leaving Qin Yan with another gift to receive while he kept the essence's energy unrefined to conceal his demonic traits.

• Qin Yan asked Blood Absolute whether the Dark Demon Emperor's avatar was destroyed and hinted that his assistance deserved a reward.
• Blood Absolute teased Qin Yan by pretending to withhold a reward because Qin Yan had offered to help without compensation.
• Blood Absolute gave Qin Yan one thousandth of the Blood Dao Essence, permanently improving his affinity for the Blood Dao.
• Qin Yan decided not to refine the essence's energy yet, fearing Blood Absolute would detect his demonic cultivation.
• Blood Absolute announced that he would give Qin Yan a Spirit Weapon.

Blood Absolute offered Qin Yan a choice among three Supreme Grade Spirit Weapons he had forged: a sword, a pair of gauntlets, and a cauldron. He explained the first two weapons’ abilities and began describing the cauldron, leaving its powers—and Qin Yan’s choice—unrevealed.

• Blood Absolute summoned three Supreme Grade Spirit Weapons and explained that he had forged and nourished them with secret arts for a thousand years.
• Blood Absolute described the Blood Fiend Immortal Slaying Sword’s blood-powered growth, suppressive domain, and soul-marking abilities.
• Blood Absolute introduced Blood Rage Crushing Mountain and explained how its gauntlets stacked power and sent shockwaves through defenses.
• Blood Absolute introduced the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron as a versatile blood-arts treasure and revealed four patterns on its surface.

Qin Yan learned the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron’s abilities and chose it as his Supreme Spirit Weapon. After Blood Absolute gave it to him, Qin Yan cautiously asked about a third gift, but Blood Absolute rebuked his greed.

• Blood Absolute explained that the cauldron could attack, defend, forge artifacts, and refine pills, and that it could evolve because it was made from Creation Divine Iron.
• Blood Absolute explained that Qin Yan’s Blood Dao Essence would let him resonate with the three Supreme Spirit Weapons and use a fraction of their power.
• Qin Yan weighed the sword, gauntlets, and cauldron, then chose the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron for its versatility, defense, and support for alchemy and artifact forging.
• Blood Absolute dismissed the other two weapons and gave Qin Yan the cauldron, which Qin Yan respectfully stored in his Storage Ring.
• Qin Yan asked about a third gift, but Blood Absolute called him greedy, and Qin Yan dropped the subject.

Qin Yan left the Blood-Colored Space after receiving his reward, and Blood Absolute began awakening Su Liuli’s Exquisite Blood Jade Body. Outside the Blood God Hall, hundreds of prodigies waited, hoping to seize the inheritance or treasures if Qin Yan emerged with them.

• Qin Yan thanked Blood Absolute for the Blood Dao Essence and the Supreme Grade Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron, then left through a Spatial Rift.
• Blood Absolute told Su Liuli that he would fully awaken her Exquisite Blood Jade Body before she received his complete Inheritance.
• Blood Absolute gathered and refined the realm’s blood qi, then merged it into Su Liuli to awaken her physique.
• More than three hundred prodigies gathered outside the Blood God Hall and speculated about Qin Yan’s opportunity.
• The prodigies waited for Qin Yan to emerge, hoping to overwhelm him and take his treasures.

Qin Yan emerged from the Blood God Hall after more than half a month, drawing the greed of the gathered prodigies. As he tried to leave, Ox Horn blocked his path at the Phoenix Descendant Clan’s behest.

• Feng Ling and her brother waited outside the Blood God Hall and decided to leave if Qin Yan did not appear soon.
• A Spatial Rift opened, and Qin Yan emerged from the hall alive as the gathered prodigies speculated that he had obtained its Inheritance.
• Qin Yan surveyed the crowd, gripped his Ink Trace Spear, and tried to leave without explaining what had happened inside.
• Ox Horn and his Ox-Head Clan warriors blocked Qin Yan and demanded his Storage Ring.
• Ox Horn glanced toward the Phoenix Descendant Clan, whose members had arranged for him to confront Qin Yan.

Qin Yan killed Ox Horn and five Ox-Head Clan warriors with one spear strike, then faced a mass attack from more than a hundred greedy prodigies. He cut down his attackers for fifteen minutes, leaving the plaza carpeted with corpses and drenched in blood.

• Qin Yan refused to surrender, then killed Ox Horn and five Ox-Head Clan warriors in a single spear strike.
• Qin Yan transferred Ox Horn and the others' points to himself and continued toward the edge of the plaza as the other prodigies backed away.
• Greedy prodigies rallied to attack Qin Yan together, and more than a hundred charged him from all directions.
• Qin Yan withstood their barrage and counterattacked, killing enemies with sweeping strikes, thrusts, and blows from his spear.
• Qin Yan fought through the attackers for fifteen minutes, covering the plaza with corpses and blood.

Qin Yan battled through the assembly until Feng Jin and Feng Ling, two True King Descendants, joined forces against him. He faced their challenge with confidence from his Supreme Spirit Weapon, and the chapter ended as he blocked Feng Jin’s opening strike.

• Qin Yan absorbed stray blood qi while fighting, but Feng Jin struck him with a scorching attack that tore open his arm.
• Feng Jin appeared and called on Feng Ling to help subdue Qin Yan and claim what he had obtained in the Blood God Hall.
• Feng Jin offered to spare Qin Yan and make him a vassal, but Qin Yan answered by pointing his spear at Feng Jin and Feng Ling.
• Feng Jin attacked with a flaming saber, and Qin Yan met the blow with his spear, creating a powerful shockwave across the square.

Qin Yan fought Feng Jin and Feng Ling at once, repelling their attacks before the two True King Descendants launched a fiercer assault. Feng Jin then revealed his Spirit Weapon and struck with Green Lotus Earthfire Palm Qi, overpowering Qin Yan’s Annihilation End Spear Qi as the chapter ended with the weakened palm seal still rushing toward him.

• Qin Yan drove Feng Jin back and blocked Feng Ling’s sneak attack without giving ground.
• Feng Ling and Feng Jin acknowledged Qin Yan’s strength, then agreed they could not let him leave with the Blood God Hall’s Inheritance and attacked together.
• Qin Yan fought off their coordinated blade and sword attacks with his spear as the battle tore up the square.
• Feng Jin replaced his Crimson War Blade with blood-red gauntlets and unleashed Green Lotus Earthfire Palm Qi.
• Qin Yan countered with Annihilation End Spear Qi, but his spear attack shattered and Feng Jin’s weakened palm seal continued toward him.